I Dropped the Big Boy Steam Engine

[@JDStucks]

@2:30 SHOTS FIRED!!!🤣

[@RBPTrains]

This is your chance to branch out beyond Norfolk Southern my train brother! The world is waiting 🤣

[@greyfoxtrains3244]

In @JD’s defense, he does have BNSF represented and is moving into the Conrail world.

[@donaldfaris4798]

I got your back Jason

[@tameemalganis3632]

Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[@thomasking4136]

Stuckard, you gonna have to model NS derailments as that seems to be much of their ops activity of late.

[@Superb_0wl]

A Modeler’s Worst Nightmare

[@RBPTrains]

Indeed!

[@gamingdoggo66]

Honestly any expensive hobby in my opinion but model trains are in the top 3 worst ones to drop, also in my opinion

[@kishascape]

Oh man, it almost always happens eventually to us all and I always fear the day that I do. I had a couple bad drops before but thankfully they were far and few between over the past 10 years and only 1 resulted in serious damage. The rest was just some slight scuffing I can't even notice until I remember.

[@AlleghenyRailProductions]

Every Photographers worst nightmare

[@christianjohnson9190]

@@RBPTrainsThe forbidden drop

[@SidsTrains]

Great video Chris! Glad I was able to help you get the Big Boy back to smokin' like a champ.

[@RBPTrains]

Thank you for your expertise, as always! This engine has better smoke effects than when it was brand new!

[@Rebelrail]

Hey Sid. If you have any guidance for me and can assist, I have a Lionel Big Boy 4019 brand new out of the box and the blowdown steam isn’t working. All other smoke options work, but not the blow down. Any advice?

[@HarryRollisProductions]

It's a good thing that you fixed this beast of an engine.. When I saw the title of the video, I was like "Uh Oh... What Did He Do? Who let him cook?" but luckily it was just an accident, and the engine only took MINOR damage.

[@RBPTrains]

I was very lucky that it did not have any other damage. Couldn't believe it!

[@nonelost1]

I know the feeling of clumsiness, and it's evil twin, forgetfulness (only diff is one's physical and the other is mental). It fills me with feelings of deep shame, because it's been a lifelong demon that causes me to drop things, then maims me with shame ("You utterly worthless animal", etc.). And there's no end to it. But then you redeemed it by making this video. I redeem my clumsiness as much as I can by removing "hazards to navigation" (i.e. kicking pinecones off the sidewalk). Only God knows how many people never tripped as a result. Kudos to you Chris! Keep on trainin'! Idea, perhaps make that trestle able to be hand lifted out of the way so you don't have to walk under it any more.@@RBPTrains

[@PatrickCookson]

Hi Chris, sorry for your traumatic experience. We have ALL been there. But glad you were not only able to recuperate yourself, but your "Boy." Thank you for all you do with the videos, and the hobby.

[@RBPTrains]

Thanks for watching!

[@russrockino-rr0864]

I started O-scale back in 2007 and this happened about 15 years ago. I had a dash 8(only about a 3rd the price of a Big Boy) go off the edge of the layout and break in to several pieces(I was not in a frame of mind then to count the pieces) I remember feeling about 15 emotions at once. I assure you none of them were embarassment. After what seemed like an eternity, I might have uttered a couple cuss words. That was a long time ago and I have never made that mistake again. It happens to the best of us. I am glad everything is OK, Chris. Thanks for being brave enough to share this video

[@katherinemorey6517]

I'm so sorry about your engine. I was a little kid when I fell down after tripping over a snow bank. I was holding my battery powered engine in my left hand and when I fell I heard a horrible SNAP! from the engine. I looked at my engine and noticed that the cow catcher snapped right off of my engine and I cried hard holding it and the broken cow catcher. I was extremely upset about the loss of my engine. Cory Mears

[@Coreyt1976]

I’m glad there was only minimal damage and you were able to repair it Chris. That could’ve been a lot worse.

[@RBPTrains]

It really could have been worse! I was grateful. Thanks for watching Corey!

[@katherinemorey6517]

​@@RBPTrainsI agree. It's a good thing that you were able to fix the big boy steam locomotive. What a relief.

[@buecomet831]

When u drop a delicate engine, u know something isn't gonna be right.

[@RBPTrains]

That was my fear when it first hit the floor. Still can't believe how minimal the damage was. Thanks for watching!

[@buecomet831]

@@RBPTrains np man, just glad it was minimal

[@NWCR_1]

I have a Williams NW-2 switcher for 20 years and counting and it has survived a 3ft drop off my layout going 100 scale mph! It’s still works with no problems. Got lucky!

[@RBPTrains]

Those are tanks!

[@trainsNwrestlin]

Oh, Chris... 😮 Wow such a bummer... Just be thankful you don't have a cement floor lol

[@RBPTrains]

I know right? Could have been way worse!

[@baileyjanssen8911]

@@RBPTrainsI have nightmares about what if I accidentally drop my ho scale 4501 or any of my favorite steam engines

[@ChrissTrainsandMore]

Wow that’s a scary thing to drop the BigBoy. I was thinking and the biggest thing that’s happened is I’ve run into some cars from a coupler coming open and the emergency stop button didn’t get it stopped in time. Glad to see you fixing your train. And that’s awesome Sid came over to help you out, that would be awesome to have him nearby!!

[@katherinemorey6517]

Yes it really is. That was very nice of Sid to help Chris with fixing the engine. Cory Mears

[@billbruff9613]

Great to have you back!! Always appreciate modelers who will share the blunders as well as the picture perfect. Always fun to get a dose of your wit and humor along with a beautiful locomotive.

[@RBPTrains]

Great to be back! No shame in my game when it comes to my shortcomings as a proper model railroader :) Thanks for watching!

[@allegheny48]

Several years ago I was running a brand new Sunset 3rd Rail C&O Greenbrier on a friends layout. As it approached the end of a straightaway the screw holding the eccentric and piston rods on the engineers side backed out. The piston rod swung around, dug in and flipped the engine over on its side. Had that screw dropped out a few feet further the engine would have taken a 4 foot drop to the concrete floor. Needless to say all the parts were reassembled and every fastener on the running gear was checked for tightness. Good you were able to fix the pilot and valve gear on the Big Boy and get it running again. Good to see you posting again.

[@RBPTrains]

Glad you were able to fix yours as well! And it is nice to be back. Thanks for watching!

[@jameslanders4819]

Welcome back chris..glad nothing was wrong..good repairs on that big boy.

[@Olivipero]

My biggest model train mistake……..well, just yesterday I dropped one of my 50s American flyer passenger cars, the red mail type with the black arm. It was dropped from around 4 feet off a shelf onto HARDWOOD FLOOR!!! Massive crack down the side of the car and chips out of other spots by the bottom of the shell, the screws holding the shell on were also ripped out of the frame.

[@RBPTrains]

Oh no!

[@randallellison6421]

Even though I do HO and not O, I've had similar experience with locomotives and rolling stock taking a ride to the floor, its just one of those things, unfortunately! What I was shocked by, was how little damage was done and how relatively simple it was to replace the broken parts on that locomotive! I know Lionel gets dunked on for having incredibly expensive trains, but credit to them for building an absolute tank of a locomotive despite the level of detail, and making it easy to replace the broken parts.

[@tomrogers5516]

What a heart-stopping experience! That's a 'YIKES' moment in my book. Sid is a really good friend to have. He's a brilliant trouble shooter, a great collector and a nice guy all around. You overcame a very troubling situation, Chris, by knowing what you could do and when to seek assistance.

[@PetesTrains]

Glad to see you back! Your videos are so awesome! Looks like everything got repaired nicely. I don’t have any real nice engines but I would be crushed if I damaged one…I feel your pain.

[@genegilbert2224]

Oh man that stinks glad you could fix it no problems... Glad to hear you say more vibes are coming.. Look forward to them every Friday ben missing them...

[@angusbouchard]

Honestly man, I've been watching your videos for about a year now, but the second I saw that JCM 800/900 half stack I knew you deserved my sub! Man's got great trains and arguably even greater amplification!

[@Tool-Meister]

I was working on my Lionel American Flyer Challenger, trying to resolve a control issue. All at once, it decided to rocket off my layout at full speed. Before I could stop it, it launched about EIGHT feet away from my layout, on to hard floors. Amazingly, nothing was broken. The tender separated from the engine when it landed. Two sets of wheels came loose from the tender. That is the only harm my flying Flyer experienced. I consider myself darn lucky!

[@mattkat71]

Lolololol

[@ozarkmidlandsouthernrailway]

Very sorry about the accident with the Big Boy but am pleased you and Sid were able to bring it back to life as good as new. Awesome video! The carefully crafted reenactment of the incident truly brought the horrific nature of the event home. I just knew Jason would respond to this video. How could he not, lol! Have a great weekend! Bill B.

[@AJScola-cq2ec]

So glad you’re back Chris even if you fumbled a loco.

[@tmcclafferty]

Worst mistake I ever made I was running a postwar 746 on a super O layout I had, the main line had a switch that ran the trains onto a siding that had accessories on it, coal dump, fork lift, lumber mill etc. the switch was straight and not going into the yard. My 746 was pulling about8 6464 different cars. As the 746 rolled over the switch, she derailed and broke off the steps on one side of the cow catcher, I remember I was upset for about 6 weeks because you couldn’t get that part it was the complete shell. Well I got lucky and found, at a show, a 746 the had been in a small fire. The back half of the shell was totaled but the front was ok. The next York I went over to see Elliot Welz, who did restorations, I asked him if he thought he could salvage it, he agreed and the next York meet he had done the impossible he totally repaired my 746. I still have it today and you can’t tell it was repaired. So many thanks to Elliot Welz

[@GabrielSantry]

RBP!!!!! I was literally worried something bad happened to you. SOOOOOOO glad you are back. I truly enjoy your channel. Great to have you back!!!!

[@JohnHuntt]

Dropping one of my engines has been one of my biggest fears. Nice how calm and resourceful you were when you fixed yours. I was afraid that the driving wheels would gotten bent or the axel. When I saw you taking out the screws I noticed you placed them off to the side. I would like to suggestion have magnet to put them on. I have found this keeps them from disappearing. Harbbor Freight has a magnetic dish that would work as well. Thanks for a instruction video> JH

[@wildman5792]

Good to see you back! Wish it was under a different circumstance. I dropped my HO Acela with minimal cosmetic damage

[@choochoodino5200]

Well. At least you didn’t drop your gundams. Glad to see them again on the layout. Cool MG RX-78-2.

[@mikesamericanflyertrains]

Dang Chris, my heart stopped when I saw the video title. I’m sure yours stopped when you dropped your Big Boy. Thankfully minor damage and turned out to be easily repairable. Also really nice to have Sid on call and nearby for the electronics and smoke unit repairs. Another great video as always!

[@RBPTrains]

Hoping this was a one time thing for me but I am all over the place so who knows, lol. Thanks for watching!

[@katherinemorey6517]

​​@@RBPTrainsMy heart almost stopped when I saw the title too. I am so glad you fixed the engine. It's one of the best engines I've ever seen. Cory Mears

[@MarkWick]

I am happy to see that the damage was so minor. My previous layout was also in a with a carpeted floor and I am sure that my American Flyer K5 model mostly survived to pilot first dives off that layout. The only damage was where a bar at the back of the cab, to which the tender draw bar attaches, became disconnected from its' anchor points. Before I got the locomotive, a previous owner had had to reattach that bar. Some JB Weld made the reconnection - twice.

[@garygreene578]

Chris, glad to see you back! We missed you! Glad your Big Boy is repaired!

[@jefftownsend9496]

Appreciate the humility RBP! love your site.

[@RSJB_18]

Chris- My heart sunk when this video popped up in my feed. YIKES! Glad the damage was minor and that you were able to put Humpty Dumpty back together again........ I've been there too- caught a 0-6-0 tank with a shirt sleeve once, it took a 4' flight to the floor and luckily landed flush on it's side. One side rod was slightly bent and the engineer needed a trip to the ER, but he recovered and is back on duty.

[@wayneantoniazzi2706]

Welcome back Chris! It's been a while but it's great to see you again! (Although honestly I prefer your older theme music!) My worst train drop? It was more like a waterfall! I'd set up a display shelf for some cabooses but didn't put a stop on the end of the track. I turned around, brushed one of the cabooses half-way up the shelf and four of them rolled off four feet to the floor! Luckily, no damage, but you better believe those shelves have stops on 'em now!

[@RBPTrains]

Good to be back! I have heard a few stories of trains rolling off shelves. Those are some scary falls!

[@wayneantoniazzi2706]

@@RBPTrains What was REALLY scary was after it happened I cut loose with some language that wasn't exactly G-Rated! Yikes! I'm suprised the wall paint didn't blister!

[@RealMrTrain]

🤣🤣This catastrophe has happened to us all. We're glad you could get the replacement parts and can fix it. Shall we add you & Syd to our list of "train repairmen"? You both are a natural. 🚂🚂🚂

[@RBPTrains]

Sid is definitely the natural, haha. I just got lucky enough to figure it out!

[@LDRtrains]

Hi Chris, Great to see you again, we were worried something happened or a family emergency. Glad to see it was just a broken Train that caused your pause from doing videos. Well glad all is well and great video and repair !

[@RBPTrains]

Thanks and it’s good to back!

[@katherinemorey6517]

Hi Chris, I have dropped my trains off my desk before. My wooden trains to be exact. They have gotten some damages from the derailments. Last year, I was driving my favorite train with 3 cars in tow. When the train took a right hand turn, the 3rd car just tipped to the right and fell off the track and pulled the rest of the train off, except the engine that I stopped with my hand. There was nothing wrong with the track. The car was leaning to the right anyway, but it was just fine on my bedroom layout. That was very strange. The engine did still derail, but I kept it on the desk. The cars did get a little bit damaged, but I fixed them. Thank goodness. I don't know what I would do without my favorite train. Cory Mears

[@BARnTrains]

Hey welcome back, i was waiting for a new video, but not this one. I am glad to see it was not hurt to badly. I had just restored a post war 681 and was runni 12:30 ng it to work in all fresh libe when i heard a crash, onto cement, i just turned off main power and lights and went to bed.

[@SteveRenon]

Happy you got it working. It's a beautiful locomotive.

[@leokimvideo]

Maybe Lionel needs to talk with Mattel so the Thomas Motorised trains can go back to being push along like your BIG BOY

[@kevinbeverly4086]

Glad you got the big boy fixed.

[@joegabuzda976]

You are a lucky guy!! Carpet helped. Going to put it all around my floor after seeing this. You are also lucky for Sid. He sure is an electronic whiz.

[@RBPTrains]

Sid has so much experience fixing these. Just fun to watch his repair process!

[@jasonrackawack9369]

"Thats nothing....my trains regularly endure full speed head on collisions and exploding bridges." -Gomez Adams.....probably. Seriously, Im glad you got it fixed and parts were still available.

[@zachwheeler9846]

I'm so glad you were able to fix your Big Boy Chris and that the damage was minor. I can't imagine how devastated you must've been, I would be crying if this happened to me 🤣🤣. Glad to see its back in service on your layout and even better than before. Great video Chris!

[@AdventuresinRailroadvill-du1em]

I once dropped a Lionel Big Boy. It wasn't a mass produced version that fell a foot onto carpet. It was one of the first engineering samples that Lionel produced, back in 1999 or so - basically the first Big Boy Lionel ever made. If they had serial numbers, it might even have been be #001 (maybe). Their display layout at York had a lot of curves on inclines, and every time the train came around the curve going up someone had to press the "Boost" button on the Cab 1 remote, and every time the train came down the grade, someone had to manually slow it down around the curve. At some point my finger slipped, and I accelerated it downhill. It flew off of their layout onto the ground, which was a gravel parking lot. The guys said they didn't know the cab number to get it started back up again, but looking back that sounds like a lie you tell a 10 year old. I'm glad you were able to get yours working again! It's a really nice engine. And that re-enactment, it was perfect!

[@TheKurtsPlaceChannel]

Glad you were able to repair it. Thanks for posting this.

[@Memelord269]

I’m glad that this was the only damage that the big boy had to endure. Th other day I dropped my n scale csx AC4400CW about 3 feet off a shelf where I was displaying it, but luckily the owner of a model train shop offered to fix it. I still thank him to this day.

[@TheTrainboard]

Glad you're back, and glad the Big Boy is okay. - Ryan

[@TrainNerd97]

Chris. Oh Chris. I feel your pain on dropping an engine. I had an incident with my Lionel Big Boy, thankfully NOT the 4014 like yours, where a power outage for a split second made the motors in the engine surge to top speed, and fly off a curve on my layout, destroying the connections to the sound system in the tender’s drawbar. Thankfully the drawbar was fixed to where I could connect it back up to the engine itself, but there isn’t anymore sounds coming from it. But, to me, as long as I can still pull cars with it, I’m all good.

[@katherinemorey6517]

Ouch! I'm so sorry about that crash. I've had horrible accidents on my wooden railroad layout on my desk. I've had freight cars bent, axles bent, engines broken, and freight spilled. It was just awful. Cory Mears

[@railchief74]

Hey Chris. Good to see that you were still able to get 4014 back up and running again. Sid really is the Magic Mechanic for the job. By the way, you’re not alone when it comes to broken linkage rods. I fell into the same category once with my Lionel 777 commander Vanderbilt

[@RonnyTheEngineer]

What happened? I hope the Big Boy still runs. I love that articulated steam engine.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@RBPTrains]

Give the video a watch and you will see that everything works out :)

[@RonnyTheEngineer]

Okay. Thank you.

[@nigelbritton6880]

Great to see it back in action and that by falling did not make a Big mess of itself! Also very cool to see more Gundams on the layout!!

[@colestrains1]

So glad you’re back! My worst model train accident I actually posted on my channel as a short, it’s the most recent one

[@brettster3331]

Hi Chris, I am so happy you were able to fix your Big Boy and get even the smoke motor to work, this must be some sort of fan motor ? I so enjoy your enthusiasm and love of trains.

[@bernardbob]

Several years ago I broke the same linkage on my first T1. The thing is, it is a Right of Way Industries model from 1990. Try getting new parts for that! The good news is that with a lot of care and persistence, I was able to splice the linkage back together. The T1 runs well but I'm always a little nervous about that rod/arm, whatever it is called. Thanks for the new video, a great way to finish my day.

[@HaroldJones-qg7fj]

Thank you, Chris, for posting this letting all of us! know were not alone in our mistakes. Love your Vidos!

[@RBPTrains]

You bet! As long as I am around, I assure that no one is alone when it comes to making model railroad mistakes, haha!

[@carblox2229]

The big boy may forgive you, but your wallet won't....

[@kaynenewman6116]

Haha

[@BoTheshow-21]

Lol

[@pinchy08]

Even though I’m mostly an N scale train person, it’s no surprise some have broken on me. But what ever part needs replacing, there manufacturer has parts for it to purchase on its website. And boy oh boy did that Lionel Visionline 3 rail O scale Big Boy smoke up your train room after some runs with its fresh new smoking units. I hope the smoke alarm doesn’t go off. Also since I’m more into little N scale, I recently purchased an N scale model of Big Boy 4014 from Broadway Limited. And Broadway made history as it’s the first ever N scale steam engine that smokes! They also came out with N&W Y6bs and Reading T1 Northerns. They’re equipped with smoking units too. Eventually they’ll have Challenger’s and Santa Fe Northerners like 3751. All smoke equipped. However they’re not synchronized smoking units. There sooth smoking units like Athearn had in there HO steam engines. Now that I have the proper smoke fluid in possession, just need to wait for these N scale steam engines to get to me. I hope for future N scale releases BLI does the N&W Js and the GS-4s like they recently did in HO.

[@modelrailroadingthesouthwest]

Oh man that sucks. Glad you were able to fix your model. I’ve had a few nightmares. One that I remember is that late last year I accidentally tipped BLI Big Boy off the tracks. Now that doesn’t sound too bad except, the tracks are sitting on 4 inch risers. Luckily there was no scenery where it felt because I’m sure the dirt and other scenery material would have scratched the engine somehow or another. I was lucky that there was minimal damage and of a few detail parts came off and nothing broke.

[@thomasking4136]

Good video Katy boy! If that was an MTH engine, good luck finding parts. Lionel has better product support. That said, nice job on the cosmetics. Someone like Sid is truly a treasure to restore reality as it were. Another such person for MTH is Raymond Manley of Rays Electric Train works. Decent pricing, pride in work and professional. Had him convert 2 to 3 rail, repair ps2 and ps3 engines and convert ps1 protoclunk to ps2/3. Great results. My biggest blunder was cracking a Post war FM Train Master shell at screw hole. Impatience removing screw/shell resulted in crack of brittle plastic. Most annoying. Was repairable and mostly invisible. That engine was solid c8 before the blunder.

[@BritishRail60062]

Glad you get it all working Chris. I have been there myself when a couple of of my OO gauge model trains decided to do their own thing and the Hornby Class 60 that was 60071 in EWS livery that I had back in 2007 jumped the points and knock off my oncoming Class 50 on the other line. Both of them along with some coaches and wagons hit the floor. 60071 only sustained broken horns and some footsteps came off. The Class 50 which was 50031 named as "Hood" also from Hornby wasn't so lucky as it got the brunt from the laminate floor and the Class 60 landing on top of it. I was on the phone at the time and I used to run my trains fast as it looked fun but I learned the hard way that it was NOT a good idea.

[@Chessiefan2101]

WOW!! Sorry to hear about your mishap. So glad you are rolling down the rails again.

[@DRCRailroard]

Ugh huh, sounds to me like someone was needing an excuse to buy a new one. All kidding aside, sorry you had to experience such a tramatic event. On the other hand, your reenactment is worthy of an academy award. I actually could feel your pain and got a little choked up and shed a tear. Your hand roll technique is flawless and I'm amazed how you can pull it off to perfection each time. Although I had a similar situation, it was nowhere near the level of potential loss. I had just bought a complete Marx 1095 ABA SantaFe El Capitan E-7 passenger set with diesel roar feature, in perfect condition no less, with all the original parts still intact and freshly serviced and I had it on the track powered by my recent acquisition of a KW transformer. You know the ones with the whacky throttles. Well you guessed it. I promptly launched it off my table into a head on collision with a wall onto the floor below and cracked the cab down the middle. Oddly enough all the original steps and horns were still intact and the diesel roar feature was actually more convincing. Sadly everyone on board parished and yet the trip started out with such high hopes and expectations knowing what a great deal I had just gotten. Wow! What a dumb bass. I beat myself up for month after that one. I still hate myself just a little each time thinking about it. Hope all is well. Happy rails

[@johnandrus3901]

The KW is an interesting transformer, with the control set-up. The TW is also goofy, with the controls operating in reverse, compared to the other Lionel transformers. I've accidentally sped-up quite a few trains, derailing them on a curve. I replaced it with one of my ZW's. It and my KW will now be relegated switching duty in my yard and industrial areas. Live and learn.

[@DRCRailroard]

​@@johnandrus3901Hey John. Thanks, the TW isn't one I'm familiar with. Actually the KW's throttles both rotate the same direction for fast and slow. It's just not a good idea to operate them simultaneously ambidextrously. I have a ZW, KW, 2 CW-80-S and a 1033 all phased together. The 1033 is another problem child that doesn't play well with others when phased using both the variable and fixed voltage settings requiring it to be wired out of phase to be in phase with the others. A real head scratcher. It wasn't an issue until I used the fixed voltage settings to power my switches independent of track power from the 1033.

[@johnandrus3901]

@@DRCRailroard The TW has the throttle on the right, like the 1033, but it is reversed, so it operates backwards from other, smaller, transformers. It is a 175 watt transformer and a very good unit.

[@DavidFortney-tx3gc]

Well great come back and this should teach you to be more careful but sometimes stuff happens. Your lucky that the damage was very little. It could have been much worse. Also its great to see you back and please be more careful when you move your locomotives no matter how big or how small.

[@RBPTrains]

Hoping this is one of those mistakes I only make once. These YT vids require me to always be moving stuff so I guess it was bound to happen. Hope all is well David!

[@mad_trains12]

Sorry to hear that, glad it didn’t have much damage.

[@BlamesmokeBuffaloNy]

Good to see you back and having kids will do that to us!

[@YourLocalRailfan]

As soon as he dropped it I heard a cash register dinging 😂

[@vrf201]

It's amazing that lionel had the parts. Good, you got it fixed.

[@Countrykid1229]

Phew glad to see the big boy is ok and rolling again nice video Chris

[@Nearly-famous-painter1960]

I happens to many of us. I have an HO scale empire, and I’ve raised four sons and now two grandchildren on it. Once, my son was running one of our Pennsy M-1b locomotives, and fortunately I was in the right place at the right time. It jumped off the layout and landed on my sneakers. Nothing broke on it! There were times over the years that other things with a less fortunate result have happened.

[@TwistedMacGyversTrains]

You and Sid did an excellent job in fixing the Big Boy! 💯❤️😎

[@DelcoRailfan611]

5:18 MARSHALL CAB SPOTTED

[@StevesTrains]

My N scale Kato FEF fell 30" off a project layout in the garage a few years ago and hit the garage floor. A few parts broke (mostly on the cab), but I've never gotten around to fixing it yet.

[@RBPTrains]

N Scale seems tougher to fix

[@ColtonHoward-c3m]

I'm Glad you and Sid fixed the Big Boy!!

[@robertrandall8418]

First video I've watched of yours. At 10 minutes in, I noticed the LEGO modular buildings. I actually had the same idea to do this. It looks nice and brings the two worlds together! And thumbs up to the Cedar Point sign. My favorite Rollercoaster park. 😊

[@RBPTrains]

Welcome and thanks for watching! Always enjoy trips to Cedar Point!

[@sablatnic8030]

Never believed I should see a 4-0-4 locomotive, thanks! Hope the BigBoy is getteing better!

[@hornet7288]

Part of the hobby at times. I received an es44ac last year with both MU lines snapped off. Lionel sent me the replacement pilots but i had to remove the body and replace them.

[@mtfgamma6257]

I was reminded of you recently, had the Katy heritage unit come through Reno.

[@biscuitag97]

Glad the damage was minimal! A while back I had a lionmaster sd-80 that fell off the table when I was reaching over it. It only broke the side frame and bent an axle on one truck. The guys at my local train shop got a new truck and side frame and repaired it at no charge even though it was out of warranty.

[@RBPTrains]

Gotta love the support from our local shops!

[@williamkolina3988]

Sid is a wizard and a great guy,like you You guys make York fun I don't even care about the trains

[@robertmitchell1272]

Dang! I’m glad you got it fixed! Good job

[@christopherjamieson1668]

OMG I’m sorry to hear that! At least you were able to fix the Big Boy.

[@JacobHofeldt-fq6ii]

Man Chris! That look like some good stuff😂

[@1960alton]

I was adding a #14-2 cable to cut down on voltage drop on my track when everything went haywire and my whole train toppled off my track which is mounted 6' 8" off the floor, and its a wooden floor not carpet. I had to repair two cars which took an hour. No damage to the engine thank God. Lionel Trains are built well!

[@JohnSouthard-l4z]

Glad you’re back!

[@RBPTrains]

Thanks! Glad to be back!

[@tamezlocomotivestudios6493]

Hey Chris can you try to get the Lionel legacy nickel plate road 587?

[@richardjayroe8922]

What are the transformers in the back for? My worst mistake is spilling a full train of live coal of the temporary layout and onto carpet

[@johndeeregamer8979]

So with that gear setup, If you stop on a hill with freight, will it roll backwards?

[@daniellucas6573]

Accidentally dropping an expensive locomotive is almost like accidentally dropping a baby! Glad you were able to have it repaired!

[@Heroduothecomedian]

I see someone is really loving the mecha model fandom now on their layout. Something I was hoping to do soon but you kinda beat me to it lol. I spot PG red frame astray, PG unleashed RX-78-2, MG wing Gundam ver ka and I'm not sure if the the RG or an action figure but I love seeing the gogaigar standing on top of the factory building like it trying to protect even though if it was real, that build would be destroyed just from a foot being on it xD now all your missing is some transformers, evagelion and macross to have all the main line mecha series in model kit form on your layout somewhere xD Great video btw, love the toy train drop reenactment, it had me loling xD

[@imatrainperson1195]

Similar thing happened to me a few weeks ago. I just got back from a train show with a new Athearn Norfolk Southern dash 9, my first NS horsehead diesel. And while I was trying to fit it with Kadees, its chassis fell off the table onto the floor. Still runs thankfully, but not very smoothly. In the process of fixing it with some help.

[@ericwilliams2619]

I'm glad that you've got it repaired thumbs up to Sids trains for repairing the blow down smoke effect extraordinary job you guys 👍🏻💫💫💫💫💫

[@HobbyMoose79]

Hey Chris what does your company do with engines returned and unable to be fixed? Just curious.

[@DH2906PRODUCTIONS]

Good to see you back RBP. I'm pretty sure everyone here is guilty of dropping a model train at one point or another. I know I am.

[@RBPTrains]

Good to be back! Thanks for watching

[@TrainFan2013]

Once I just got a GG1 30 minutes ago at the time ran 1 loop and I took apart a piece of track a the GG1 fell on to the floor

[@emanroxx18]

Ive been wondering this for a while and since they multiplied I thought I'd ask. Are those Perfect grade or mega sized gundam kits on the layout?

[@jamisonwhite7252]

This is extremely helpful! I'll have to keep your video in mind when I purchase a Vision Line engine. Thank you! 🙂

[@bluesentaiproductions]

Thank goodness for the carpet. My worst mistake, or was it just bad luck, was when I set up an 054 loop around the Christmas tree so I could show my niece and nephew my premier 4501 model. I played the PSA announcements and my dachshund decided to play godzilla and lunged herself at the locomotive, derailing it. Had it been running there would have been damage, not to mention a visit to the vet. So, I only run my postwar Lionel models now that and both dogs don't mind the air whistle

[@MWM-x6h]

The "cow catcher" referred to at the 5:35 mark is actually called the Pilot. The term "cow catcher" is something of a misnomer as its actual purpose is to deflect anything that might be on the tracks. Fallen rocks, small trees, large debris, the occasional automobile, and yes, random animals.

[@macguysgarage]

wha? 🤯😮.......man down man down! 🤣